It was an emotional moment for Malia Obama when her dad, President Barack Obama, praised her and 15-year-old sister Sasha during his Farewell Address.

This is the final week of Obama‘s presidency and the 18-year-old First Daughter was in the front row with mom Michelle Obama to watch the address on Tuesday night (January 10) in Chicago, Ill.

“Malia and Sasha, under the strangest of circumstances, you have become two amazing young women, smart and beautiful, but more importantly, kind and thoughtful and full of passion. You wore the burden of years in the spotlight so easily. Of all that I’ve done in my life, I’m most proud to be your dad,” he said about his daughters.

Obama to his daughters: ‘Of all the things I’ve done, I’m most proud to be your dad’